Quick Picks: How to Play the 1st Note in a D Flat Maj...
 
Sign In Sign Up — It's Free!

How to Play the 1st Note in a D Flat Major Flute Scale

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.
Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: Playing Flute Scales in D Flat Major

left_arrow right_arrow
Add to My Playlist What is a playlist?

Summary: Learn how to play the first note in a D flat major scale on the flute from an expert flutist in this free video on musical instruments and music theory.

Views: 457 | Tags: scales, instruments, musical, flutes, musical instruments

Get the latest Flash player.
Email Video Add to Favorites
About the Expert

Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

  • Comments
    (0 comments)
  • Questions & Answers
    (0 questions) (0 answers)
Be the first to comment on this video.
Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!
Ask A Question

Video Transcript

How to Play the 1st Note in a D Flat Major Flute Scale

The first note in the D flat major scale is D flat. This note is also referred to as pentatonic or the root of the scale since it is the first one. Let's look at in the staff. To play this on the flute let's look at the fingers we have the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and thumb for the left hand. In the right hand we have 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and lower pinkie key. This is how it sounds. Let's review the fingers looking at the flute for D flat 1,2,3, thumb in the left hand. 1,2,3, and lower pinkie in the right hand. For some younger players this might be hard for you to get a sound out but keep trying since it is good to get all of your bases covered. Here is what it sounds like.

Watch these related videos

Wind Instruments Ads

Community Members who...

  • Favorited this Video
  • Rated This Video

Top Tags

accordion accordions american bagpipes beginner blues box care chords clarinet embouchure flute flute lessons flutes folk harmonica instructional instrument instruments ireland Irish Irish flute japanese jazz mouth musical musical instruments native nativeamericanflute notes orchestra pipes play player playing polka reed reeds repair scale scales Shakuhachi squeeze symphony techniques theory traditional tuning wind wooden
Check out what people are watching now
left_arrow right_arrow